Toe-plate fastener



Oct. 16, 1923. I 1,471,004

. J. C. REID ET AL TOE PLATE FASTENER Filed June' 2. 1922 I 3 0% wY4 H n \\I 9. A 9 7 ame/wllow,

; James 0 Reid:

/ E7 5 I William C. Taylo r wwm Patented Get. 16, 1923.

UNITED, STATES I 1,471,004 PA E TQQ E' James '0. REID, or CLEVELAND, AND WILLIAM C. TAYLOR, or EAsT CLEVELAND, c1110.

TOE-PLATE FASTENER.

Application filed June 2, 1922 Serial No. 565,356.

To aZZ wh0m it may concern Be it known that we, JAMES C. REID, of

Cleveland, and WILLIAM C. TAYLOR, of East Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Toe-Plate Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to implements employed mostly in shoe stores and repair shops for aflixing metallic wearing plates to the toe sections of the soles of shoes. v Metallic toe-plates furnished to shoe dealers and repairmen are usually appliedto shoes in a crude manner by slipping the shoe over an iron last and poundingthe plate into the sole with a hand hammer. This operation flattens the crown of the plate and otherwise distorts it, and seldom sets it flush with the sole. Moreover, the hammer or the last may be mislaid, resulting in confusion and delay while customers are kept waiting.

The prime objects, therefore, of our present invention are to provide simple, efficient and convenient means for fastening toeplates to shoes quickly, firmly, and in a workmanlike manner, without distortion or undesirable upsetting or tilting of the plates; and to produce a self-contained device of this character always ready to perform its functions, and which may be fixedly secured upon a counter or other convenient support. Another important object is to provide plate pressing means readily movable toward and from the last or anvil to facilitate the placing of the shoe upon and its removal from said last. Further objects are to provide for setting different forms of toe-plates; and to produce an arrangement of parts readily assembled or taken apart for packing in a small parcel.

Minor objects will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment of our invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which-- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an assembled machine, the dotted lines indicating the slidable press in its rearward position, and the toepart of a shoe upon the last.

Fig. 2 is a rear end view of the device with the hand lever in its upright position.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig.4 is a fragmentary side view, partly in section, of the press-ram and its housing.

Fig. 5 is a bottom view of a popular type of metallic toe-plate, the dotted outline in dicating the toe of a shoe onwhich the plate is set.

Fig. 6 is a side view, and Fig. 7 is a front view of thetoe-plate shown in Fig. 5. I i

The reference numeral 1 indicates anarrow', blunt pointed and flat-topped metallic toe-last, or anvil member, resembling inplan view a, broad spearhead; being integral with and supported upon a flat-sided gooseneck 2 extended forward and downward in a semicircle, and having beneath it a laterally projecting base-plate 3. Holes are made in the base-plate 3 for screws 4, by which the device maybe secured upon a counter, or other supporting structure 5. The goosenecksupport Q-merges at its lower end in a guidebar 6 of rectangular or I-shaped section extended horizontally some distance to the rear of'the base-plate, and adapted to carry'the slidable standard of the pressing device 7; the bottom of said standard being looped about one or more rectangular apertures .8, Fig. 2.fitted to slide loosely upon the bar 6; and a spaced apart pair of said loops 9, 9, Figs. 1 and 3, is preferred to a continuous loop.

The front face of thestandard 7 is vertical to a point higher than the last 1, where an overhanging'bracket is formed, which bracket supports an upright housing and guideway 10 for a ram 11' of rectangular cross-section adapted to reciprocate verti-' cally in said guideway. "Thelower end of the ram 11 is hollowed'out forming a concavity 12 approximately fitting the convex crown of a toe-plate, such, for example, as

the common type 13 shown in Figs- 1, 5, 6' and 7, which has a dished bodywith three prong-like claws 14 thereon bent over at tical axis of the ram. A hand lever 17 has its front end portion flattened vertically to fit looselybetween the branches of the guide-- way 10, and drilled to form a fulcrum hear ing on the pinilfi. The front and lower faces of e fiat par of he. lever re curved to form a cam, as at518, eccentric or involute to the pin 16, the curve receding from the pin toward the lower face of the lever; and saidca-m face 18" bears upon the top of the ram 11. A projecting, stop 19 1s adapted to abut against the front face of the ram 11 and retain theleverl'? in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 2, and 1n l0 dottedlinesinE-ig 1. i A transverse groove or notch is formed in the rear side of, the ram. 11; to receive the freeendof, a retrieving spring 21, which is a leaf spring fitted to oscillate vertically be 15 tween theiupright branches of-the guideway 10,, and formed with any suitablebends dap i -c irresstherem p rd against he, 0 11 166 8 f; ehe 'si; lev A a kr at pr j c s rear-W dlym; e op: of 2 the standard 7, to which the fixed end of-the spring; 21 is: secured bya screw-1 23, or 1 other suitablemeans. The screw-hole in the spring Zlgmay be; slotted lengthwise ofthe spring, so that-merely loosening thescrew 2.3 will permitthe spring tobe slipped out-.of the notch 20,wl 1ereu-ponthe ram 1 1 will drop out ofits guidewayclO, and; another ram having a dif ferent stamp formation 12. may be inserted in the guideway. The. ram 11 may also be removed through the; top of its guideway without loosening the spring screw, 28; bywithdrawing-sthe fulcrum pin or bolt 16.

When the machine is assembled a stop pin oriscrew Zdis secured in the rear endof the guidebar 6 to limit the backward movement of the pressing device 7 at the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. In this position ample room? is provided for slipping a shoe over the last 1, as indicated by dotted lines 25, Fig; 1. The sharp clavvs of a toeeplate 13 being lightly pressed by hand to locate it inv the sole of a shoe on the last, the press? isslid forward and manipulated tovbring theram 11 over thetoe-plate, Whereupon. a downward thrust of the hand lever 17 drives the ram hard against the toe-plate and; sinks the latter firmly in the sole. If desired the lower end of the ram 11 may be magnetized so that it will hold a. steel or iron toe-plate in the concavity 12, thus avoiding, the preliminary setting of the platoon thesoleof the shoe,

We further point out and distinctly claim as our inventiorr 1, A toe plate fastener for shoes comprising a fixed guidebar merged at one end in a semicircular stanchion supporting. a last, and a pressing device. slidably embracin said guidebar and having a lever operate 4 ram ap ed; to be ma ipu a ed to ov n and 1 190 dlast,

In, a toerp late fastener for shoes, a last member comprising a horizontal guidebar h ving a ase-p ate t oeeen er e be e hebaserle ein s e e o -s rro ting a flat-topped last, said stanchion being curved so that the last-topparallels and over hangs the guidebar; andapressing device slidably embracing said guidebar and having a lever-operated ram adapted to be positioned to overhang and oppose said last.

3. A toe-plate fastener for shoes comprising a fixed guidebar merged at one end in a semicircularly bent stanchion supporting a. last, said last having its upper surface parallel with and overhanging saidv guidebar; and" a pressing mechanism slidably embracing said guidebar and having a lever-operated ramprovided with aterminal concavity adapted to be positioned by hand to overhang and oppose said last.

4. In a toe-plate fastenerfor shoes, alast imposed upon a. semiciroulfl y' stanchion merged at its lower end in a, guidebar, a standard slibablyembracing said guidebar and movable in. the plane of said stanchion, andtpressing mechanism on said standard having; a lever-operated ram adapted to be positioned to overhangand oppose said last.

5,. Ina. toe-platefastener for shoes, a last imposed upon a semicircula-rly bent stanchion merged at its lower end in a guidebar, a. standard looped about said guidebar at its foot and slidable thereon in the planeof' said stanchion, a guideway bracketedout fromthe front of said standard, a spring-retrieved ram fitted to reciprocate. vertically in said guideway and oppose said last, and means for applying leverage todepress said ram. 6. Ina toe-plate fastener for shoes, a last imposed upon, a returnrbent stanchion merged at. its lower end in a guidebar, a standard looped about said guidebar atits foot and slidable thereon in the planeof said stanchion, a guideway bracketed out from the frontof said standard having its; upper part bifurcated, a ram. fitted to reciprocate vertically in said guideway and oppose said last, aspring member adapted to liftsaidram; and a lever fulcrumed' in the bifurcation ofsaid guideway and provided With means for depressing said ram.

- 7-; In a toe-plate fastener for shoes, a last imposed upon a return-bent stanchion merged at itslower end in a guidebar, a standard embracing said guidebar at its foot and slidable thereon in the. plane of said stanchion, aguide'wav bracketed out from the front of said standard having its upper part bifurcated, a, ram fitted to reciprocate vertically i-n'said' guideway' in opposition to said last and having a transverse groove in its rear side, a spring member-removably-ser cared to said standard and engageable in said gIOQVea'tQ- lift theram, and a lever fulcrumed in the bifurcation of said guideway Pro de h m. o dep e s ng s id ram.

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